L’image ironique
Figures de la répétition dans Mao II de Don DeLillo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12030657 |
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| Authors | François Happe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-77 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue française d’études américaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0397-7870 • E-ISSN: 1776-3061 |
| Publisher | Éditions Belin (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.3406/rfea.1997.1698 |
| OpenAlex | W2613540120 |
| Language | EN |
As repeatedly asserted (by Deleuze and Genette, among others), there is no repetition without variation, and the resulting gap is-almost invariably-filled with comment, as if it were in the nature of repetition to gloss on its own occurrence. Distance and comment being also inherent in ironic discourse, this essay focuses on the way DeLillo 's writing exploits the affinities between repetition and irony
Art · Humanities · Irony · Linguistics · Literature · Repetition (rhetorical device · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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